1) Jazz guitarist, Martin Taylor, asked his “roadie” to come on stage to sort out his amp at the beginning of his second set. Whilst the roadie is fiddling away, Martin says to the audience “This lad isn’t just a roadie, he’s actually my son.” “Is he a musician as well?” shouted someone in the audience. “Nah” said Martin; “He’s a drummer.”
2) Probably the briefest conversation I’ve ever had with a “real” musician. I’d sorted the sound for the main act and the first set had gone well. As we headed to the dressing room at the interval I casually asked “is there any chance I could have a look at your mandola?” “No!” said Peter Rowan. He was clearly having a bad night. At the after show gathering somebody put on a video of one of the band’s earlier shows and he looked visibly upset - he was wearing the same shirt!
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